The company behind the rejected plan to build an €80 million waste incinerator plan in Ringaskiddy will appeal the decision to An Bord Pleanala.
A spokesperson for the company, Indaver Ireland, has told ireland.comthat the firm intend to appeal the decision of Cork county council to reject the incinerator plan.
"We are delighted that 30 per cent of councillors voted in favour of the plan - we believe we have a good project," she said.
Indaver Ireland is part of a Belgian multinational waste management company, which runs a number of incinerator projects across Europe.
In a meeting earlier today, thirty members of the Cork county council voted against the proposal to build the incinerator, with 13 voting in favour.
As a result, the council-proposed vote in favour of a material contravention of the County Development Plan, allowing the incinerator be built, was rejected.
Cork County Manager Mr Maurice Moloney had called for the plan's acceptance, but he was opposed by the city's mayor, Labour's Ms Paula Desmond, who has stated she would vote against the proposal.
Labour and Fine Gael groups on the Council appear to have united to oppose the development. Fine Gael TDs Mr Gerard Murphy and Mr Simon Coveney recently voiced opposition to the plans.
More than 20,000 residents of Ringaskiddy, and the surrounding east Cork area, have signed a petition voicing their concerns about the development.
The proposed incinerator would process 100,000 tonnes of waste a year, half of which would come from the pharmaceutical industry and the rest as non-hazardous waste from industry.